Without realizing it, two
newsreel reporters took pictures of a surviving nazi-leader
in front of a bank, while filming fashion mannequins in
the streets of New York. The German, who was thought to
have died during the war, was inquiring if he could
recuperate a large sum of money. He needs it, to be able
to continue Hitler's dream after the dictator's death.
He is helped by a criminal gang, which is only in it for
a slice of the money, not for political reasons. Hal
Ericson's description in the All Movie Guide of the gang
as being a "secret neo-nazi gang" is therefor incorrect.
The gang will make several attempts to recuperate the
film and its negatives, including by kidnapping one of
the reporters. The boss of the two reporters however
discovers whose face has been captured on the newsreel,
and contacts the authorities.

The problem with this rare B movie is that it just can't
decide whether it wants to be a kind of political
thriller, a crime movie or some kind of comedy. The
final result therefore isn't very bright, without being
terrible at the same time.

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred
per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Bitrate

Audio

Dolby Digital Mono (English)

Subtitles

None

Features

Release
Information:
Studio: Alpha

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:
• Trailers for Alpha New Cinema releases (5:03)

DVD Release Date:
July 31st, 2012Keep case

Chapters 7

Comments

Another
lost film noir is rescued from obscurity by Alpha. Per
their usual standards, the DVD is sourced from
interlaced 16mm print (see oversized cue mark capture
below). There is much damage on the print, lines running
throughout and very bright whites in the daytime scenes.
Nighttime scenes fare a bit better.

The mono
soundtrack is likewise full of problems, including
distortion in some scenes with especially poor film
elements. The film starts with Alpha's logo over the
titles that goes away during the film proper. The only
extra is some trailers for Alpha's New Cinema releases.
This is not some lost film noir classic, but still a
welcome release considering until now, the film was near
impossible to see.